Rush audiobook

4.5 big bright stars and I'm sitting here shaking my fist at you Eve Silver!! Let me get that half star reduction out of the way. There is a giant cliffie at the end of this book, so if that's not your thing... well, I warned you.OH MY GOD THIS STORY!! I absolutely loved it and I wasn't sure I would. Miki Jones is suddenly pulled from her real life into what seems to be a real life video game. She and a team of 4 others are sent into a world where she has to eliminate an alien life form called the Drau and according to some, it's every man for themselves. She is thrown in head first without training or practice and she has to depend on Jackson Tate... someone who from the very first introduction drives her nuts. I absolutely loved the premise of this, and like I said, I was worried I wasn't going to, but as I turned page after page, I realized what a genius plot Eve came up with. These teens are basically pulled into a real life video game and it's life or death... if their wrist band turns red while they are in the game, they no longer exist in real life... or, their alternate real life. I loved Miki. She's had her own issues growing up. After the death of her mother, she tries to control every aspect of her life and then she's pulled into something she can't control at all, and she struggles with being forced into this game where she has to take lives, even if they are evil, alien lives. But she's kick-ass - She knows how to fight and was trained in martial arts and despite her confusion, which Silver captures wonderfully, she eventually catches on and she finds that she has instincts she never would have suspected. Jackson... Jackson was sold to us readers as a total a- hole... but I didn't think he was at any time. I can see why Miki was frustrated with him at times, but essentially he felt this obligation to Miki and he had her back every single step of the way. "You stay close to me, Miki Jones. Close enough that I can hear you breathe. Got it?"Something in his tone makes my breath catch. Aiming for sassy with a nice dose of bravado, I ask, "You always take care of the new recruits?"He clenches his jaw and seconds tick past before he answers. "Never." He sounds anything but happy.Never.But this time is different.When you finally hear his story and get all the details on what's happened... Plus he has some pretty swoony lines..."Why didn't you just give me a light in the first place?" I'm both angry that he didn't and grateful that he's given me one now.He says softly so only I can hear, "It seemed like a good excuse to keep you close."or"There hasn't been much that makes me smile in a very long time. But you do. So thank you for that."or He grabs my wrist and turns my hand, then lowers his head and presses his lips to my palm. Electricity dances through me, making me gasp.His lips move to the crease of my wrist.I stand perfectly still, my blood hammering through my veins.I want him to do that again.I also really adored Luka and the part he plays in this book. But I will say that I really disliked her friend Carly and the way she was portrayed. Once you read this, you'll hopefully have a better understanding of why I say that, but I don't want to give anything away. I think her reactions and attitudes really cheapened the great friendship they were supposed to have had.If you're a fan of Sci-Fi with a touch of romance and want to read something that's filled with action and a unique and different plot, that has characters that you'll end up loving, I recommend you run out and order Rush now... It comes out in June and I know that seems like a long way to go, but it will totally be worth it. Now... if I could only find a way to get my hands on book 2.... Thank you to Harpercollins and Edelweiss for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review!This review can be found on my blog, Fic Fare:

On the surface, Rush has everything going for it: a great cover, an excellent idea, a promising beginning and a pretty decent pacing. These are all things that stay true until the end. But along the line, other things crawl in between them – things like love triangles (rectangles, really), best friend drama etc. and they ruin the fun just a little bit.However, that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy Rush – it is perhaps one of the most appropriately titled books I’ve ever read. Everything but the middle part brings a rush of excitement, an adrenaline surge that forces you to turn those pages as quickly as humanly possible. These kids travel through time and space to battle aliens – the ugly, telepathic Drau that want to take over our planet and drain it dry, and all that in a setting that is purposely made to look and function like a video game. What could be more exciting than that? Rush opens with our heroine, Miki Jones, running to save a deaf little girl from an oncoming truck and getting hit in the process. A mere second later, while her body lays broken on the ground, she gets pulled to a clearing where four other kids await… including Luka Vujic, a boy from Miki’s school. They tell her she’s been drafted to fight the Drau and that she’ll occasionally get pulled from her regular life to go into battle with the rest of them. Miki Jones stands out in more ways than one. She lost her mother when she was fourteen and she and her father struggle with their grief in very different ways. While her father drinks himself to sleep every night, Miki desperately wants to control every aspect of her life. She is no shrinking violet, though. When she gets pulled into the game, she takes some time to adjust, but once she does, no Drau is safe from her. Eight years of kendo guarantee her physical readiness, but her bravery and adaptiveness come from a different place altogether. Even more importantly, Miki’s steel spine doesn’t mean she’s emotionless; she experiences pain and loss and grief just like everyone else, but she never wallows in self-pity. Moments of insecurity come and go, but each of them leaves Miki stronger and readier to face life, both in the game and outside of it. When Miki gets pulled the first time, she is understandably relieved to find someone she knows already there, but Luka is not the one who steals all her attention, as much as he’d like to be at first. No, that honor belongs to Jackson, the team’s unofficial leader and a strong believer in the tough love approach. The love triangle does rear its ugly head (two of them, actually) but it is never fully developed. It is always clear whom Miki wants and even the other boy loses interest after a while. Whatever problems I had with Rush at first were neatly taken care of in the second half. The dreaded love triangle was gone, Miki was fiercer than ever, and the action was just amazing. It took me a while to process this book, but I can honestly say it left a strong impression on me. As far as I’m concerned, the second book can’t come soon enough.

ZOMGGGGGGGGG. THIS.WAS.SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..GOOOD .I just...I'm speechless and I wanna laugh and cry because that ending was just brutal and mean.AND HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO MY POOR HEART.....I can't...My first reaction was:and then it slowly switched to this:Okay no but seriously I really did enjoy it. I absolutely devoured this book.I've never read this fast.It was action-packed,funny,mysterious,so so good.It sucked me right in and I wasn't even bored.Not even a second...and I even dreamt about it(weird,I know).That's how good it was.♥I loved the world that was created.I've never read about a 'game' world before and I really enjoyed that because I play and love videogames so I knew exactly what they were talking about.The decription was on point,really well-written,so good job Miss Silver.♥ I LOVEDDDDD the characters.I'll start with Miki.I adored her and she's such a badass.You don't wanna mess with Miki.She has some killer Kendo skills.Lol. She's so strong,mature,funny,sarcasric,brash.I just loved her.Jackson........whoooooo.Hot Damn....He's such an asshole,but he's so gorgeous with his sunglasses and hnggg.LOLLuka is awesome too.Pretty smoking hot too but I preferrrr...You know who *wink wink*.He's also sweet and caring.For the other characters,Tyrone,Richelle,Carly etc...Loved them too.Really enjoyable characters.I honesty have nothing bad to say about this book.I don't know why it has a 3.90 rating on GR but that's beside the point.I really enjoyed it, didn't disappoint at all.I can't wait to read the sequels an it's definitely one of my favs now. I HIGHLY recommend it.Note Sorry for all the gifs.I really needed to express myself.LOL.x

I really fell in love with this book! It is a fresh of breath air in the YA world!Miki is one kickass character. Right form the beginning you fall in love, she puts herself before others. And when she wakes up in a different sort of world she has no idea what to do or think. She is completely lost and not in control! When Jackson and Luka start to explain what is about to happen, she thinks they are kidding. But no here she is thrown into the middle of some game where it is life or death!When they switch back to real life, she is lost and a wee bit hysterical but she still stays put together. She is taking it in stride, well most of it and when Jackson enters her life he turns it upside down. He is just like her, he understands her like noone else. As she starts to fall, she realizes she doesn't know much about him, and when she does learn will she be able to see past it all to her true feelings?This is a great, action packed, full of awesomeness book! The ending hints at another book and it can't come out soon enough. The characters are down to earth, and you just fall in love immediately!

I read this book in 2013 when it first came out and I liked it when but I had some problems with the characters. I've been thinking about Rush a lot lately so I decided to reread it. I thought my opinions on this book would have changed in the last two years but surprisingly, they've stayed pretty much the exact same.Rush is super fast paced in the first 100 pages. I really liked how fast Silver jumped into the story. It did slow up in the last 100 pages but it wasn't boring by all means. I loved the concept and plot of this book. It was a little far fetched but honestly, I didn't mind. I love the idea of a real life video game and having aliens involved was so crazy and fun. The thing that brought this book down for me was the characters. They were very typical YA characters and I found them to be boring. Miki was likable enough but Jackson and Luka made me want to pull my hair out. Jackson was the brooding bad boy and Luka was the nice guy that is just so nice that it's annoying. Overall, I really enjoyed Rush. The characters aren't the best but I loved the writing and plot so much. I'm definitely going to be reading the rest of the series soon.

3.5-4 starsThe Game trilogy by Eve Silver is the perfect type to binge read. We are given a fascinating concept, a fast and perfectly paced plot, a swoony new book boyfriend, and a romance that made my heart race. I didn't really know what to expect going into this series - except that it's completely triangle free - but Eve Silver definitely has a new fan. I read these books so quickly, dying to know what would happen next and to spend more time with Miki and Jackson. Read my full series review here!

Original review found http://beawesomebeabooknut.blogspot.com/Holy MOLEY! FREAKING LOVED this book, gave it a WHOPPING 5 bight gold stars on Goodreads and I will own this book! Rush is just as the title implies – a rush. From page one to the last, Eve Silver yanks her readers to a world that’s both real and science fiction. I was HOOKED from the first chapter and I can't rave enough about how much I LOVED this book! I threw the book across the room because of the RUDE cliff hanger at the end and I Simply. Can't. Wait. for the next book! a whole FLIPPING year! GAH! The idea of being "sucked" into a game isn't new thanks to Tron and others like unto it. However, everything else was a concept to me! The thing is about this though it's not really a Tron book either! AHH where to begin... Miki Jones was a great, very relatable character. When she was literally yanked out of her real-life and into an unknown world where the surface, after an attempt to save a deaf girl from being crushed by a truck and as a result killing her in the process. This world you may think that it’s some sort of a holding cell for people on the cusp of death. But you will come to know that it actually is a parallel universe constructed in a video game-like manner where a group of weapon-wielding teens go out and kill the enemies that the human race is completely unaware of. When she’s first told about what happened to her and how she’s now involved in the game, she doesn’t automatically accept it. Throughout Rush, she constantly tries to seek answers for what she can do and who she’s become. The leader of this small pack of teenage alien killers is Jackson. Jackson is a perfect blend of secretive and tortured. He is the leader he does all he can to make sure that people get in, kill the enemy, and get out without anybody dying in the "game". He feels the weight of this responsibility and it has made him a hard person. He constantly wears sunglasses which is yet ANOTHER mystery in this story as to why. I thought it was maybe he had scars or was blind and they help him see but what it really was, was something I was not expecting! The enemies, alien life forms called the Drau the stuff nightmares are made of, which aren't seen unless pulled into the "game". Drau is an alien-life form disguised as human life forms determined to take over the world rid the planet of humans itself and suck the earth of it's life and natural resources. Needless-to-say they’re a menace; but aren’t as easily detectable unless you have the sight or if you’re a member of the group loosely trained to kill them. Few are choses to be the fighters against this alien race and Miki has just been "called". This high powered book I would HIGHLY recommend to anybody who loves a good "Rush" (haha). Language: moderate (PG-13) Drugs/Alcohol: none Violence: moderate (teenagers fighting aliens not real graphic)Sexual Content: mild

If you are a fan of The Maze Runner or Enders Game, you'll like this book. It was pretty freaking amazing. The whole story from beginning to end was just amazingly captivating and its really fast paced so you're never really bored.This didn't take me long at all to read so if your looking for a new series and just something really fast, this is for you.I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it so I wont go into specifics. It was just really good. The characters develop nicely and it just kept me on the edge of my seat.The only problem I had with it was that the beginning wasn't detailed enough for me. It started off really confusing and you just kind of sit there like "um..okay...what?" but that was the only problem I had because it just kept getting BETTER AND BETTER!!!!Read this book. Just test it out and see if you like it because it really is a good book.Cannot wait to read Push (Book 2)!!

Wow, just wow. This book blew me away with its originality and creativeness. Honestly, I am not a gamer by any means and while I didn't want to be in the game because, yeah, who would? I did want to be in the world that Silver created because lets face it, it was pretty darn cool. Okay, maybe not the alien fighting for your life bit, but the other parts to it? The friendship, the exploring the world and getting to kick some serious alien butt and show off your super ninja skills? Yeah that was pretty awesome.I don't even know where to begin to describe the awesomeness that is this book. I really really loved it, in fact I would go so far as to say that it enthralled me, from start to finish. Is it perfect? Not by a long shot but it was so entertaining that nothing else mattered. And okay, the cover whore in me has to say, the cover on this kicks some serious booty.Miki was completely kick butt (like a girl should be). Luka and Jackson, so so swoon worthy, each in there own way and guess what? NO love triangle, you heard that right, nada, zip, zilch, nothing. Okay, there is potential for one all throughout the story, there really is but it never escalates and I really hope it stays that way.Silver created such a great storyline and characters that it really grabbed my attention and held it the whole way through and to be honest I wasn't expecting to love this. I thought I would like it or I never would have picked it up, but love? Never saw it coming. And can I talk about that ending? I truly shouted out “Nooooo!!!” when I came to the last page. How could she do that to us. How could she give us so much and then just rip it away and leave us hanging like she did? Silver, that really wasn't nice!This is the year for outstanding debut authors, series, stand alones, you name it and this is one of them. Okay, I might say that every year but the fact is, Silver is an author to watch because if her other books are anything like her first, she will so be on my auto-buy list before too long.

All this book needs is better written characters throughout the middle of the book because at the beginning and at the end of the book, the characters were fierce and lovable. The middle was shaky.

I loved this book!

I totally recommend to read this if you like action, video games, strong characters, an entertaining plot, good writing, love and if you easily want to read 400 pages in 3 days like I did :DBut me personally won't compare it to other books cause this would make my rating worse. It's pretty good for the genre it belongs in. And that's a thing, isn't it? :)

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales.Quick & Dirty: Fun action packed story with compelling characters, an interesting plot, and a cool sci-fi setting. A great fit for gamer fans.Opening Sentence: My head jerks up.The Review:Miki has to have a certain amount of control over her life or things will fall apart. Her mother died of lung cancer a few years ago and nothing has ever been the same since. Her father drinks too much and Miki has shut down inside to ward off the pain. After school one day, Miki tries to save a deaf girl from getting hit by a truck and instead she ends up getting hit. When she wakes up she figures she is dead, but it turns out she has been pulled into some kind of game.Miki teams up with a few other teenagers and they have to fight The Drau, an alien race that is very violent and plans to take over the world. Once they have eliminated all their targets they are sent back to their normal life like nothing happened, and no matter how much time passed in the real world, they go right back to the moment they were pulled. Outside of the game they aren’t allowed to talk about it with anyone and Miki has so many questions. What is the purpose of the game? Is it real? If you die in the game do you really die? There is only one person that can answer her questions and that’s the infuriating gorgeous team leader, Jackson Tate.Miki is a good strong character. She has had a rough few years and she is dealing with things the best way she knows how. She is very smart and put together on the exterior, but inside she is just hanging by a thread. When things start to unravel out of control, Miki doesn’t know how she is going to stay grounded. The game gives her a purpose and she feels more alive than she has in years. But who controls the game and what are their real motives. She is a very independent person with a witty attitude. I found her easy to connect with and I really liked her.Jackson Tate is very hot and cold. One moment he will be sweet and attentive and the next he is completely ignoring you. He is gorgeous, but is a total mystery. He can be very charming when he wants to be, but he also can be a jerk. Miki finds Jackson infuriating, but she also can’t help but be very attracted to him. He has answers she desperately needs, but getting information from him is like pulling teeth. I loved Jackson. I found his character interesting and I am excited to learn more about him in the sequel.This was a fun action packed story with a unique idea. You are pulled into the story right away and I was captivated the whole way through. The gamer setting was interesting and different. The romance was sweet and developed slowly. The cast of characters were compelling and easy to like. The plot was full of twists that surprised me and kept me interested. The ending has a terrible cliffhanger which I didn’t particularly love, but it left me dying to get my hands on the next book. Overall, this was a very entertaining read and I would highly recommend it to fans of YA Sci-fi or gamer fans.Notable Scene:I see then that the door’s gone and in front of me are people. No … they aren’t people. They have limbs, hair, faces, but they aren’t human. After the first glance, they don’t look remotely human. They’re pure, painful white, so bright they throw off a glare. They look like they’ve been dipped in glass, smooth and polished, but fluid. And their eyes … they’re a silvery color, like the mercury in the old thermometer that my mom used to have at the side of the front porch.When I was ten, I knocked that thermometer off with my wooden kendo sword, shattering the glass. The little blobs of mercury went all over the porch. I was a kid. I didn’t know better. I touched them, prodding the little balls until they joined the bigger blob. My mom swooped down on me and snatched me away, telling me it was poison. It could kill me.I stare at the things in front of me: the Drau. I can’t look away.Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember Jackson talking about Medusa. Don’t look at their eyes.Their mercury eyes.They’re poison.They will kill me.FTC Advisory: Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins provided me with a copy of Rush. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.

Originally posted on my blog, Zach's YA Reviews (zachsyareviews.com)Review:Protagonist: Miki Jones begins this story still reeling from a terrible tragedy and while her friends want her to return to "normal," she's not sure she can. Over the course of the book she not only get help from friends, new and old, but through a dangerous battle with fierce and terrifying alien creatures. While I could see development in Miki's character and in her confidence, there were still some issues that were left awkwardly up in the air. I did however, love how she grew during her experiences with the game as she grew more and more accustomed to the thrill and rush associated with it.Romance: As many of you guys may know I'm not a big fan of choosing "teams" ex. "Team Peeta or Team Gale" however this series is one of the exceptions. While neither romantic prospect is what I would call "unique" I did feel drawn to one more than the other. The one I had a problem with is the archetype for the asshole who has a heart of gold "if you only got to know him," which is a cliche I've seen in YA lit before but one that I'm growing tired of, though I didn't hate or really even dislike this character that much, he didn't feel as real as the other side to the triangle. The one I'm silently rooting for, while not the predictable winner, is much kinder on the outside, and while he holds an air of mystery about him he doesn't use it to act rude to everyone who approaches him.World-Building: The world this books takes place in, though based off of our world, is secretly inhabited by creepy alien creatures called the Drau, who can cause incredible pain with a single look. To fight them off teenagers are pulled from reality to take place in a game of sort to eliminate the Drau problem and hinder their plans for world domination and destruction. As we learn more about this war that Miki and her friends are pulled into, the more questions end up being raised culminating in an almost tell-all moment that ends up answering most questions while leaving some with rather vague and non-answers.Predictability: I was rather shocked with how unpredictable this book was, as with every book there are predictable moments, however most of the twists were cover by vague and hazy foreshadowing that was hard to decipher until it was already too late and the twist was presented. The level of twists was rather low, though when they did happen they were rather large and at times game-changing.Ending: The ending was full of action which is always a plus, in addition to the slaughter of many there are a few moments of romance and finally, in the very end we are presented with a very agonizing cliffhanger. I will never complain about plateauing endings for firsts in series ever again. The wait for the next installment will be hell and I'm not sure I'm going to make it. It wasn't as epic as a Richelle Mead cliffhanger but it was very close.Rating:This book was both what I was expecting and totally different than I thought it would be. I knew it was going to be great and, while not perfect, is still a book I'd recommend anyone read regardless of gender. It was different because of how "The Game" is set up and how the players can return to their normal lives in-between missions.Question: If you could be teleported into any gaming world, which one would it be? (Leave your answer in the comments!) P.S. I'd want to go into the world of The Legend of Zelda!

~Kurz-Rezension~Rush war mal wieder ein perfektes Beispiel dafür, dass ich den Klappentext nicht mehr richtig in Erinnerung hatte und deswegen etwas über den Inhalt überrascht war. Dass es im weitesten Sinne um ein Computerspiel geht wusste ich, aber den Rest hatte ich total vergessen. Auf einmal waren da Aliens und die Welt war komplett in Gefahr... was habe ich mich gefreut! Ich bin eigentlich mit keinerlei Erwartungen an das Buch herangegangen und wurde deswegen sehr positiv überrascht. Einmal angefangen konnte ich das Buch kaum noch weglegen. Es laß sich super einfach und sehr schnell, was mir richtig gut gefallen hat. Der Schreibstil ist gut und der Humor im Buch war für mich genau richtig. Die Dialoge zwischen Miki und Jackson wussten mich zu unterhalten. Zudem empfand ich Miki als eine sehr angenehme Protagonistin, die genau die richtigen Fragen stellt und nicht einfach alles hinnimmt, nur weil ein süßer Typ ihr etwas erklärt. Anfangs war es nicht gerade leicht mit den Antworten Schritt zu halten, da alles so komplett neu und aufregend war. Mit der Zeit aber versteht man dann doch das Meiste, wenn auch noch ein paar Fragen offen bleiben. Ich fand das Setting jedenfalls richtig gut und die dahinterstehende Idee ebenfalls.Die Handung fand ich eigentlich durchweg spannend. Dabei wechselten sich Szenen aus dem Spiel immer mit den Szenen aus Mikis alltäglichem Leben ab. Die Szenen im Spiel sind richtig aufregend, die alltäglichen dagegen nicht so. Es gibt ein bisschen viel Teenie-Drama für meinen Geschmack, aber ich denke, es unterstreicht eigentlich nur die Diskrepanz zwischen Mikis neuen und altem Leben. Es stellt einen guten Kontrast dar und gibt Miki Raum, ihre Entwicklung zu erleben und diese auch zu zeigen. Was die Love-Story angeht hät Rush sich noch ein wenig bedeckt. Was ich sehr gut finde ist, dass es keine Instant-Liebe gibt. Klar, da ist eine gewisse Anziehung von Anfang an, aber Miki wirft nicht alle ihre Prinzipien über Bord und sieht sich auf einmal gar nicht mehr ähnlich. Im Gegenteil. Ich fand dieses langsame Antasten sehr schön geschildert und, wie schon oben gesagt, sorgt es manchmal für sehr humorvolle Unterhaltung. Ein Liebesdreieck gibt es in dem Sinne nicht, aber da ist durchaus noch ein anderer Junge, der eine etwas bedeutendere Rolle spielt. Ich hoffe einfach mal, dass es im Folgeband nicht in eine gewisse Richtung abdriftet.Das Ende fand ich wirklich spannend und auch ausgefallen, weil ich nicht damit gerechnet hatte. Ein mieser kleiner Cliffhanger hat mich dann auch dazu bewogen, gleich den zweiten Band zu kaufen. Ich hoffe, er ist mindestens so gut wie der erste. Ich hoffe auch, dass hier noch einige Fragen beantwortet werden, die aus dem ersten Teil noch übrig sind. Und das sind meiner Meinung nach eine Menge. Ich freue mich jedenfalls auf den nächsten "rush", den mir das zweite Buch hoffentlich beschert. FazitEiner wirklich guten Idee wurde in Rush ein ebenso gelungenes Setting verpasst, was gemeinsam mit dem Schreibstil für eine schnelle und spannende Lektüre sorgt. Ich hatte meinen Spaß mit Rush und kann es kaum erwarten, auch den nächsten Teil zu lesen.

To tell the truth, I didn't expect I would like Rush. In fact, the book just fulfilled my expectations, while I expected its idea to fail. And, fortunately, I was wrong.First things first.Miki Jones is an ordinary girl, but in an attempt to save the life of a little girl, Miki loses her normal life. She's pulled from reality to a place called "The Game". But in the first round of the game Miki understands that the game isn't really a game - it's deadly - and in case of loss there's no autosave. Her team members - Tyrone, Richelle, Luka and Jackson, who is their leader - are almost ordinary people like her. But their DNA has some deviation, and that enabled forced teenagers to become players of "The Game", conducted by the Committee - strange creatures that created all the rules, which players must follow.However, "The Game" has advantages: players would have died if the Committee decided not to send them to "The Game" - thus, after the mission, each player returns to his usual life without any damage, alive. The essence of the game is to terminate the Drau - alien beings, invaders, predators, that destroyed more than one planet. As in any game, players have "health", which is presented in the form of a "con" - the device mounted on the wrist. If it changes color from green to red - the player is dead. Dead player doesn't come back to life when others respawn to reality, and all the years that he lived after the first jump to "The Game" will be forgotten by all but the other players. Sounds not so good, huh?I liked characters a lot: Miki is a strong girl, and she had (and still has) a lot of issues. She tries to overcome her fears, to become more confident, strong. Jackson.. Well, it's Jackson. Yeah - secretive, uninformative, reticent... asshole. I like that he's always wearing his sunglasses, answers Miki's questions with not really giving an answer. He's strong and all this bossy - but he has to be like that. It's the only way he can keep his team safe.Luka - another Miki's co-player - is another great character. I really want to see where all this Luka-Miki-Jackson situation is going, but thanks to Eve Silver: no real love-triangles I would kill myself if this book had it too. Come on, it's enough to create them. It's not 5/5 stars for me, but it's really close: 4,4, probably. I loved the ending a lot, but, ugh, I'm so happy Push is already published: I would die if it wasn't. Cliffhangers - I love you, but hate you. hope it makes senseRush is worth reading. The Game is The Game: you win or you die. But the truth is, although it’s every man for himself, there's always someone watching your back, caring about you.

Rush okay I am just going to say it was such a RUSH for me. I love sci-fi but this took it to another level. Man from the moment I started reading to the last page and oh man Eve Silver are you one CRUEL lady with the ending! I will say this up front because I am finding that a lot of my reading friends do not like cliff hangers and so they refuse to read a book that has such a huge cliff hanger. So baring that in mind because I love my reading friends DUDES this has one freaking huge cliff hanger and I even threw the book because I was like what the hell? What in the name of Hades is going on???????????Miki Jones is just trying to live her life and pick up the pieces after the death of her mother. She is pulled into a game that she is told she will have to fight the alien creatures Drau because they are bad and need to be eliminated. She will not receive any training or preparation for killing these Drau but instead she finds herself thrust into this crazy situation with four other team mates and a leader. Oh and the leader by the way Jackson tells his team that this is not a game but real life. This game will determine who and what survives and how life is going to be lived. No pressure there right? OMG after finding all that out she does not care for Jackson to much because he is rude and snarky but he is at least honest with his team or is he? As Miki and the team fight their way through situation after situation Miki finds herself being drawn to Jackson and she is not sure why. She knows that Jackson could be trouble but she knows that he knows something he is not sharing and when the secret comes out Miki is not quite sure how to act. Miki will have to do something very drastic and very fast in order to save her team but what will she have to sacrifice and why? Will she and Jackson be able to defeat the Drau? What will happen between Miki and Jackson?This is a must read with a huge cliff hanger that had me screaming at the book. I will buy this book when it comes out so I can read it again and try to figure out the cliff hanger because I have a long time to go before the next book comes out.